Friday, July 3, 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Heathcliff the Cat Analyzed


Rejected by his own species, Heathcliff attempts to form a meaningful relationship with a major appliance.

Outside in the yard, two elderly women are talking at a fence. The one in black, who is apparently Heathcliff's owner, is telling the other, who appears to be the grandmother of Marcie, from Peanuts, that "He writes sonnets to it." He apparently refers to Heathcliff, while it apparently refers to the refrigerator.

Why a cat would write poetry to a refrigerator is beyond comprehension. In this strip we see that Heathcliff has gone beyond simply writing sonnets, and has actually tried to read one. However, restricted by his inability to speak, he can to nothing more than to toss a piece of popcorn at the refrigerator.

Although this comic is rather disappointing in its flagrant idiocy, I have managed to find areas of mild interest in the background. For one, the door is too small for the frame; but the most interesting point of all is how Heathcliff's owner has managed to camouflage her legs with the fence.

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